M 5.2 in Argentina on 05 Dec 2015 02:10 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1074701
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 21.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.5624 , -64.6939
Event Date: 05 Dec 2015 02:10 UTC
04 Dec 2015 23:10 Local
Exposed Population:
720916 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Dec 2015 02:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 176 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

Japan’s death specialists exhibit skills at expoWed, 09 Dec 2015 01:45:00 +0100.

The world has been given a rare glimpse into the Japanese art of preparing bodies for funerals and cremation. Specialists in the fading profession known as nokan - translated as 'encoffinment' - have taken part in a Tokyo exhibition contest
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Did blind Bulgarian mystic Baba Vanga predict ISIS?: Daily MirrorWed, 09 Dec 2015 01:36:00 +0100.

London. A blind psychic who is credited with predicting the 9/11 terror attacks and the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami may have warned of the rise of ISIS decades ago, Daily Mirror reported. Baba Vanga, a Bulgarian clairvoyant, made a chilling pro
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¿Casualidad? Una mujer predijo una "gran guerra islámica" para 2016Tue, 08 Dec 2015 23:43:00 +0100.

En medio de los episodios más violentos de oriente, se actualizan las predicciones de una anciana ciega, quien aseguró que, en 2016, habrá una "gran guerra islámica". Baba Vanga, murió en 1996 a los 85 años, no sin antes haber dejado una la
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Rescatan a joven que se estaba ahogando en playa de TongoyTue, 08 Dec 2015 21:53:00 +0100.

El susto de su vida vivió una adolescente tras casi perder la vida ahogada en la Playa Socos de Tongoy. La joven se encontraba en dicho balneario participando de una gira de estudios, siendo rescatada por un poblador. “Se recibió un llamado
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),